Pachmari, temperature table of, 61 Pacific Islands, climate of, 79-80 Padang (Sumatra), temperature chart for, 74 Palembang (Sumatra), temperature chart for, 74 Palermo, 45 Palestine, climate of, 47-49 Panama, Isthmus of, climate of, 84-86 Papar (Borneo), temperature chart for, 74 Papiti, temperature chart of, 79 Para, climate of, 93, 95 Parallels of latitude, 1 Paramaribo, temperature data, 92, 95 Patna, climatic table of, 56-57 Peak, the, Hong Kong, climate at, 69-70 Pensacola, 83, 84 Pernambuco, climatic data, 93, 96 Persia-- Climate, 50-52 People, 50 Persian Gulf, climate in, 16, 49, 53 Perspiration, function of, 12 Peru, climatic data, 91, 92, 96 Peruvian frontier, temperature table of, 93 Peshawar, climate of, 5, 55, 56-57, 61, 63 Petella, Dr. Giovani, 42, 43, 44-45 Polynesian Islands, 80 Poona, climatic data of, 56-57, 60, 61 Port Au Prince, Haiti, rainfall at, 89 Blair, climatic tables, 63, 64 Darwin, climatic table of, 78 Louis, climatic data of, 41 Moresley, climatic table of, 76 Prickly heat, 43, 55 Puebla, temperature table of, 84 Punjab, the, 7, 54, 55, 58, 61 Qara Valu (Fiji), rainfall at, 80 Queensland, 77 Quetta, temperature table for, 63 Quezaltenango, temperature table of, 86 Quito, climatic data, 92, 96 Radiation, 2 Rain, scarcity of, in Red Sea district, 41 Gauge, 10, 98 Rainfall, _see_ names of places Rainy seasons in: Congo basin, 36; Erythrea, 45; Gulf of Guinea, 37; India, 53, 60; double rainy seasons, 36, 37, 72 Rajputana, 7, 54, 57 Rangoon, climatic tables, 56-57, 63, 65 Rauenstein, E. G., _cited_, 34 Rawal Pindi, 54 Red Sea region, climate of, 16, 41-47, 49 Revolving storms, _see_ typhoons Rheumatism, 28 Rheumatoid arthritis, 28 Rio Janeiro, temperature table of, 93 Rivas, rainfall at, 87 Rohilkhand, 54, 55 Royal Army Medical Corps Journal, _quoted_, 69-70 Royal Meteorological Society Library, 21